Traveler's Spring & Upper Birch Creek Trail via Little Miami Scenic Trail is a 14.2-mile out-and-back in Glen Helen Nature Preserve near Oldtown, OH. The route reaches Traveler's Spring at the turnaround, 7.1 miles in. It climbs 448 ft. It scores 18/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Traveler's Spring & Upper Birch Creek Trail via Little Miami Scenic Trail
14.2 mi · ▲ 448 ft · 4 hr 57 min
Elevation 816–976 ft
Out & Back · Glen Helen Nature Preserve
Trailhead: Little Miami Scenic Trail · 39.72187, -83.93549
Weather Aug 4: sunrise 6:38 AM · sunset 8:47 PM
No dogs on part of this route · Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Little Miami Scenic Trail, heading N.
- 5.4 miTurn right, heading E.
- 0.5 miBear right, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 250 ftSharp left, heading NE.
- 450 ftBear right onto Upper Birch Creek Trail, heading NE.
- 0.6 miContinue straight onto Sassafras Grove Trail, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Upper Birch Creek Trail, heading NW.
- 0.3 miReach Traveler's Spring, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto Sassafras Grove Trail, heading SW.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Upper Birch Creek Trail, heading SW.
- 0.6 miBear left, heading SW.
- 450 ftSharp right, heading W.
- 250 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading SW.
- 0.5 miTurn left onto Little Miami Scenic Trail, heading S.
- 5.3 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.1 mi in (~2 min). Leave by 8:25 PM for the 8:47 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:04 PM — 13 min before dark.
Good to know
- No dogs on part of this route
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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